Mac Book Pro Cant Install Maverick OS X

Hi Guys, I tried installing the new Mavericks OS X into my mac book pro, it can not install with a pop up that the HDneeds repair. The options to repair disk is inactive, how can I go about it?

can you boot to recovery and verify it there?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

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I of course am assuming here you didn't use Disk Utility to format the drive first before installing, that would wipe out your files and programs for sure.
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          4 GB RAM
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System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 0:21:46
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          Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
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                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (224.83 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
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               4%          WindowServer
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yes, it could be due to nearly anything listed in your kernel extensions, startup items, launch daemons, launch agents, or user items above. Please check all of your installed third-party software to make sure that the versions which are installed on your MacBook Pro are compatible with Mavericks; uninstall every software package which isn’t Mavericks-compatible. After you’ve done that, boot into Safe mode, and see if you still get the beach ball of doom there. If it doesn’t appear there, restart normally and see if it appears then.

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Time machine
install osx
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disk utlity
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